Published 3 years ago

McCarthy’s Gift to Pelosi

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A flurry of moves and countermoves over the Jan. 6 select committee left the DC political press badly exposed. Nancy Pelosi’s rejection of two of Kevin McCarthy's picks for the committee was such a power move that McCarthy et al. could only put up a putter at an afternoon news conference.

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Yahoo News

McCarthy rips Pelosi for 'egregious abuse of power'

HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY: "This is the Peoples' House, not Pelosi's House."House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday withdrew all five of his nominees for the special committee probing the deadly January 6th attack on the Capitol after Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of them. Pelosi earlier on Wednesday rejected Representatives Jim Jordan and Jim Banks, staunch defenders of former President Donald Trump, sa…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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CNN

Sources: House GOP sees Pelosi move as 'political gift'

CNN's Manu Raju reports.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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Irish Independent

Pelosi rejects two Republicans from investigation into US Capitol riots

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection, a decision the Republican denounced as “an egregious abuse of power”.

3 years ago·Ireland

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KRDO

Sources: House GOP sees Pelosi move as 'political gift'

By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNNRepublican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio suggested Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been responsible for the security presence at the US Capitol on January 6, after Pelosi rejected his appointment to serve on the select committee investigating the insurrection.“Why wasn’t there a proper security presence at the Capitol that day,” Jordan asked at a news conference after House Minority Leader Kevin…

3 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KVIA

Sources: House GOP sees Pelosi move as 'political gift'

3 years ago·Panama City, United States

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Raw Story

Kevin McCarthy's latest conspiracy is that Nancy Pelosi wanted rioters in the Capitol looking to kill her

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is scrambling to come up with a reason to blame Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the Capitol attack on Jan. 6. First, Republicans were furious at President Donald Trump. McCarthy took to the House floor on Jan. 13 to attack Trump for his role in the attack. At that point, he never mentioned Pelosi, much less blamed her. "The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters," McCarthy said at the…

3 years ago·United States

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